Japan, Shitakage, Tsukinoya, Utagaki Magao, Yomo no, Hokusai, Katsushika, Genroku kasen kaiawase, A comparison of Genroku poems and shells, Murasakigai, The purple shell, verso - stamped, Two groups of fishermen pull a whale onto dry land. The location is the village of Katase, opposite Enoshima Island. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), passe-partout, lower left - printed, height 192 mm, width 174 mm, 1760-10-12 - 1849-05-10, print maker, printmaker, 1821 - 1821, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, Japanese, 1753 - 1829, poet